Drink this: The Growler’s new collab brew is endless summer in a bottle

One the best things about this job (other than getting paid to drink beer) is getting together with brewers I admire and seeing what sort of creative awesomeness they can come up with. And then drinking it!

There’s so much going on here, flavour-wise. Naturally there’s the citrus and berry flavours from the fruit additions, but there’s also notes of melon, grapefruit, pineapple, stonefruit and tropical fruit from the Mandarina Bavaria, El Dorado and Citra hops. Then there’s the Sacc Trois yeast, punching up the fruit flavour even more.

On the back end, a healthy hop bitterness in the classic West Coast style is balanced by a sturdy malt character. The end result is a well-rounded, bold and flavourful IPA that will keep the scurvy away.